Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson presented the government's and SD's first spring budget this morning. Rising unemployment, negative growth, weaker public finances and high inflation, which at best will not fall back until next year.
The government notes that Sweden is now in a recession that will not subside until 2026. It is not a simple message after a pandemic that has created expectations that the government will step in and prop up most of the time in a crisis. But the government and SD do not seem particularly stressed by the criticism.